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The Marriage Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6.c. 76) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom regulating marriages in England and Wales.. The Act had prohibited solemnizing marriages during evenings and at night.
Caricature of a clandestine Fleet Marriage, taking place in England before the Marriage Act 1753 William Hogarth's A Rake's Progress depicting a wedding in the 18th century. After the beginning of the 17th century, gradual changes in English law meant the presence of an officiating priest or magistrate became necessary for a marriage to be ...
A bill for marriages in England (1836) The Marriage Act 1836 [1] (6 & 7 Will. 4.c. 85), also known as the Act for Marriages in England 1836 or the Broomstick Marriage Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that legalised civil marriage [4] in what is now England and Wales [5] from 30 June 1837.
The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1929 was the collective title of the Marriage Acts 1811 to 1898 and the Age of Marriage Act 1929 so far as it related to England. [ 2 ] England and Wales
The Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 (26 Geo. 2. c. 33), also called the Marriage Act 1753, long title "An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage", popularly known as Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. It came into force on 25 March 1754.
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (12 Geo. 3.c. 11) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which prescribed the conditions under which members of the British royal family could contract a valid marriage, in order to guard against marriages that could diminish the status of the royal house.
English: An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the solemnization and registration of marriages in England with such corrections and improvements as may be authorised under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings ...